Wangjing in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Wangjing in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wangjing plotted against Manipur and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Wangjing's incremental SNDi rose from 4.18 to 4.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wangjing ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Manipur and 1558th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.21
- Rank in India
- 678th of 1868
- Rank in Manipur
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.22
- Rank in India
- 1558th of 1868
- Rank in Manipur
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Katlang, Pakistan
- Dhulauri, Bangladesh
- Bayhan, Yemen
- Binbei, China
- Tartagal, Argentina
- Schwerin, Germany
In new street additions, Wangjing and Katlang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Binbei built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Wangjing and Binbei both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Katlang fluctuated in connectivity. Wangjing and Katlang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.